Md Tajdin Hassan and Shuvashish Roy, leaders of business development at The Daily Star, have jointly compiled and released a new book, Think Like CEOs (Daily Star Books, 2021), which seeks to impart management tips from 20 eminent business leaders of the country. Conducted from September 2020 through to February of this year, the interviews with the 20 CEOs took place virtually through a Facebook Live series called “The Chief Executive Show”, broadcasted on The Daily Star.
The interviews, as well the book, ask and answer the question of ‘What makes a CEO?’ The management tips, as given by corporate executives, illustrate their many day-to-day activities and responsibilities—from “making high-stakes decisions, guiding teams, nurturing talent, selling ideas,” to “managing crises and moving mountains for the company”, as reads the jacket.
“As a business graduate, I have always felt the need [for] enlightening the youth with stories of our local leaders and case studies”, co-author Tajdin Hassan said in a public announcement. The Chief Strategy & Digital Transformation Officer of The Daily Star, Hassan is an alumni member of the prestigious IVLP exchange program at the US State Department, and has worked for BAT Bangladesh, Chevron, Robi, and DHL. He has previously co-authored Personal Branding: How to Stay on Top of Mind in the 21st Century (Odommo Prokash, 2021) and The Transition: How to Move From Fear Zone to Growth Zone (Daily Star Books, 2020).
“This is going to be my last project at The Daily Star”, Hassan said. “Now, hopefully, students and young professionals [can] read [about] our own homegrown CEOs, not just [about] Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.”
Shuvashish Roy, who hosted ‘The Chief Executive Show’, is Head of Business at The Daily Star and a Chevening scholar who has previously worked at DHL and Banglalink. He has also authored a children’s book, Adhunik Mojar Mojar Bhoot (2021), as a special tribute for his son.
Together, Hassan and Roy have bagged the prestigious Asian Media Awards and South Asian Digital Media Awards from The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) for The Daily Star.
Think Like CEOs will be published under the Daily Star Books imprint, to be released on Monday, July 19. It can be pre-ordered through Rokomari, who have signed on as the distribution partner for this new project.
